Editing 1963 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1963}}
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Bogle–Chandler case]]: [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the [[Lane Cove River]], Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/dr-bogle-and-mrs-chandler-mystery |title=Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler mystery |website=National Film and Sound Archive of Australia |access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ap Bac]]: The [[Viet Cong]] win their first major victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v03/d1 |title=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume III |website=Office of the Historian |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>  
* [[January 9]] &ndash; A [[January 1963 lunar eclipse|total penumbral lunar eclipse]] is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 114]]. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963.
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[1963 Togolese coup d'état]]: A military coup in [[Togo]] results in the installation of coup leader [[Emmanuel Bodjollé]] as president.<ref>{{cite book |author=Virginia Thompson |title=West Africa's Council of the Entente |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1972 |page=86}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; A last quarter moon occurs between the [[January 1963 lunar eclipse|penumbral lunar eclipse]] and the [[Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963|annular solar eclipse]], only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; Soviet spy [[Gheorghe Pintilie]] is removed from his position as [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania)|Deputy Interior Minister]] of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romanian People's Republic]],<ref>{{cite journal |first=Mihai |last=Demetriade |title=Istoricul Serviciului de contrainformații penitenciare (1949–1967) |journal=Caietele CNSAS |volume=VIII |issue=2 |page=38 |year=2015}}</ref> as a step in ensuring [[De-satellization of Romania|Romania's political independence]]; the [[Romanian Communist Party|Workers' Party]] [[Politburo]] discusses way of neutralizing "Soviet intelligence networks [...] which Gheorghe Pintilie had coordinated."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Banu |first=Florian |chapter=Relațiile Securității cu serviciile omoloage din țările membre ale Pactului de la Varșovia |title=Securitatea (1948–1989). Monografie |editor=Banu, Florian |editor2=Țăranu, Liviu |publisher=Editura Cetatea de Scaun |year=2016 |page=335 |isbn=978-606-537-357-0}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; France and West Germany sign the [[Élysée Treaty]].
* [[January 25]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963|large annular solar eclipse]] covers 99.5% of the Sun and a narrow path (at most 19.6&nbsp;km (12.2&nbsp;mi)). It is visible in Chile, Argentina, South Africa and Madagascar, and is the 26th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 140]]. Gamma has a value of -0.48984.
* [[January 26]] &ndash; The [[Australia Day]] shootings rock [[Perth]]; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by [[Eric Edgar Cooke]].
* [[January 29]] &ndash; French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the [[European Common Market]].